Persuasional Quotes & Sayings

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more. — Pierce Brosnan

Natural selection is a pretty efficient process, so if a behavior is found widely in humans and other species, it's a better starting guess to presume it is adaptive rather than to assume it's merely dumb. — Anonymous

The weird thing is that while persuasional leadership takes longer and takes more restraint at the time, it is much more efficient over the long haul. When you teach team members or teens the why, they are more equipped to make the same decision next time without you. You don't have to watch their every move, you don't have to put in a time clock, and you don't have to implant a GPS chip in their hide when they learn how to think for themselves. Positional leadership doesn't take as long in the exchange, but you have to do it over and over and over and over. You never get to enjoy your team or your kids because they become a source of frustration rather than a source of pride. — Dave Ramsey

Food is merely a platform for condiments. — Peter Marshall

What God wants for us is always what's best for us - we just need to trust Him. — Lindsey Rietzsch

I'm going through the neutral zone and I've got a guy tugging me through the whole way, if I don't go down, I'm not going to get a call. — Paul Kariya